The Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is expected to play his first full game for a couple of months against Arsenal on Sunday, and says that Liverpool are still “on target” to win either the FA Cup or the Europa League this season.

“This season is not the season we were expecting at the beginning of the season, but these things happen,” Torres said.

“We were thinking of trophies, first choice was the Champions League and the Premier League – we are out of the Champions League, and we are really far out from the Premier League, so we now change our targets.

“We have to think the Europa League and FA Cup are the two competitions we can win this season and obviously trying to stay in the top four.”

“Staying together is the main thing now,”

“If we can stay together, manager, players, staff, everyone at the club, we have quality enough to stay in the top four and win trophies.

“At the end of the season if we win one trophy, it will have been a nice season, so we are on target.

“The people of Liverpool deserve to play in finals, whether it be in Europe or England, it is a long time since we played in a final and they deserve, they deserve more trophies.”

He then affirmed that Liverpool can pick themselves up and beat Arsenal this weekend.

“Arsenal are doing quite well this season,” he said. “They are close to the top and playing with young players and doing really good. The mentality of the manager and players is brilliant.

“But we are playing at Anfield and with the help of our supporters we can beat anyone.”

With Torres, Gerrard and possibly Aquilani all nearing full fitness, I am beginning to feel a bit more confident about this weekends game.